The Agony of Algeria

Stone provides a brief historical overview of Algeria since 1830 before focusing on three crucial phases of the postcolonial era: that of Ben Bella and Boumedienne; the reform era of Chadli Benjedid; and the political and economic crisis under the Higher States Committee (HCE). He examines the dominant state institutions -- the army and the FLN -- and outlines the increasingly bitter divisions, social and political, which account for the current crisis.